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CVE-2022-43973

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2023-01-09 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exisits in Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router with firmware <= 4.30.18.006. The Check_TSSI function within the httpd binary uses unvalidated user input in the construction of a system command. An authenticated attacker with administrator privileges can leverage this vulnerability over the network via a malicious POST request to /apply.cgi to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system as root.

Affected Platforms

Linksys Wrt54Gl FirmwareLinksys Wrt54Gl

Weakness Type

CWE-78, CWE-78

References